Australia
To get your social security benefit payment amount sent to you at your correct address or state you should contact your local social security office to make sure that this is done correctly.
Tax File Number (TFN)
They are being sent out by the social security number if you're receiving a paper check. If you filed using direct deposit, then all of them should (in theory) be distributed as of Friday may 2nd.
The taxes are sent to the taxing authorities. For example, your federal income taxes and Social Security taxes are sent to the IRS. State taxes are sent to your state tax department. Other deductions are sent to the appropriate party. Charity deductions are sent to the charity. Insurance deductions are sent to the insurance company (or kept by your employer if they are self-insured). Savings deductions are sent to the savings institution. 401k deductions are sent to the 401k trustee.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) link, below, indicates that the IRS sent the May 2008 stimulus checks according to the last two digits of the recipients social security number.
If you are a U.S. citizen, you may receive your Social Security payments outside the United States as long as you are eligible for them. However, there are some countries that the payments cannot be sent, so it would best to contact your Social Security Office to find out which are the ones.
what sort of people were sent to Australia
Convicts were sent to Australia by England.
United states
No. A dead person cannot be sent social security and you cannot collect social security for another person, especially a dead one. ADDED: The above answer is in error. If you are a qualifying and eligible spouse or child of a deceased SS beneficiary you may be eligible. See: http://www.ssa.gov/ww&os2.htm
Criminals were not sent to Australia in 1900. Transportation of convicts was abolished in Australia in the 1848.